"The NHS Number You Have Dialed Is Busy. Please Die Later," UK Nearly two thirds of NHS acute hospital switchboards fail to answer incoming calls within twenty seconds. The longest wait was 18 minutes. The average answering time across all switchboards was 45 seconds, and fifty hospitals took more than a minute on average. These are the findings of a study published in the current issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of
Medicine.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Missouri Legislation Mandates Eye Exams For Children Entering Kindergarten, First Grade Beginning July 1, all children in kindergarten or first grade entering Missouri schools for the first time are required to have a comprehensive eye exam. According to Missouri Senate Bill No.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMiddle Eastern Families Help Scientists Pinpoint Autism Genes The hunt for gene mutations that contribute to autism has proceeded slowly, largely because autism encompasses a spectrum of diseases. Just as its symptoms vary widely among individuals, so do the genetic mutations that cause them.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWorkers Have High Rates Of 'Psychological Distress' Nearly five percent of employees have high levels of psychological distress associated with a high likelihood of a mental disorder, reports a study in the July Journal of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine (ACOEM). Led by Michael F. Hilton, Ph.D.
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